Kekahuna 11
1 E HOOLEI i kau bereua maluna iho o ka wai; no ka mea, a hala na la he nui loa, e loaa hou mai no ia ia oe.
Send forth your bread on the face of the waters, For in the multitude of the days you find it.
2 E puunaue aku na na mea ehiku, a me na mea ewalu paha; no ka mea, aole oe i ike i ka hewa e hiki mai ana maluna o ka honua.
Give a portion to seven, and even to eight, For you do not know what evil is on the earth.
3 Ina i piha na ao i ka ua, alaila ua haule mai maluna o ka honua; a ina e hina ka laau i ke kukulu hema, a i ke kukulu akau paha, ma kahi a ka laau e hina ai, malaila auanei no ia.
If the thick clouds are full of rain, On the earth they empty [themselves]; And if a tree falls in the south or to the north, The place where the tree falls, there it is.
4 O ka mea i manao nui i ka makani. aole ia e kanu, a o ka mea i manao nui i na ao, aole ia e ohi.
Whoever is observing the wind does not sow, And whoever is looking on the thick clouds does not reap.
5 Me kou ike ole ana i ka aoao o ka uhane, a me na iwi iloko o ka opu o ka wahine hapai; pela no, aole oe i ike i ka hana a ke Akua, ka mea nana i hana na mea a pau.
As you do not know what [is] the way of the spirit, How—bones in the womb of the full one, So you do not know the work of God who makes the whole.
6 I ke kakahiaka, e lulu oe i kau hua, a i ke ahiahi, aole hoi e hoomaha kou mau lima, no ka mea, aole oe i ike i ka mea maikai o laua, o kela paha, o keia paha, ua maikai pu paha laua.
In the morning sow your seed, And at evening do not withdraw your hand, For you do not know which is right, this or that, Or whether both of them alike [are] good.
7 Oia hoi, ua oluolu ka malamalama, a he mea maikai no hoi i na maka ke ike i ka la.
Sweet also [is] the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.
8 Aka, ina e ola kekahi kanaka i na makahiki he nui wale, a olioli no hoi ia lakou a pau, e pono ia ia ke hoomanao i na la o ka pouli, no ka mea, ua nui no lakou. O na mea a pau e hiki mai ana, he lapuwale ia.
But if man lives many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! All that is coming [is] vanity.
9 E ke kanaka ui, e olioli oe i kou wa ui, a e hoohauoli kou naau ia oe iho i kou mau la opiopio, a e hele ma na aoao o kou naau iho, a ma ka ike ana o kou mau maka; aka hoi, e ike pono oe, e hookomo ana ke Akua ia oe iloko o ka hookolokoloia, no keia mau mea a pau.
Rejoice, O young man, in your childhood, And let your heart gladden you in days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes, And know that for all these, God brings you into judgment.
10 No ia mea, e hookaawale aku oe i ke kaumaha mai kou naau aku, a me ka ino mai kou kino aku; no ka mea, o ka wa opiopio, a me ka wa ui, he mea lapuwale ia.
And turn aside anger from your heart, And cause evil to pass from your flesh, For the childhood and the age [are] vanity!
